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30 May 2016

There's no denying it, Lolita brand cardigans and boleros are absolutely adorable, but unless you hunt them down second hand, they're also quite expensive. Very often they are quite simple too, to the point where you think that you could do it yourself. And you can with a suitably classic offbrand cardigans nabbed at a sale or from charity shops, so below are a few of my own cardigans that I managed to get cheaply and lolify them.

26 May 2016

At the beginning of the month, when
browsing my Facebook news feed, I stumbled upon a post on Closet of Frills. I
can’t remember the exact coord on the photo, but that was not the point – the point
and the occasion why that Lolita posted was that in lieu of her 10 year
Loliversary (anniversary of getting her first Lolita dress and getting into the
fashion) she and her comm celebrated with a meet up. It was a themed one as
well, asking people to wear the earliest-released piece which they own. And this
got me thinking…

20 May 2016

Somewhere along the way I decided
that since the first two posts were with my very first two Lolita dresses, I
should at least try to continue in this fashion and keep doing those posts in the
order in which I acquired my dresses. Also, since this JSK proved so versatile,
I couldn't limit myself to just four styles – instead I decided to go wild and
keep creating coords until I ran out of options. As you can see, I managed to
double up, but if I had more accessories, especially socks and headwear, I know
I’d keep going!

17 May 2016

Although I love Sweet Lolita, I
haven’t gone quite into chocolate prints and themes just yet. Not exactly sure
why, since chocolate is my drug of choice, although it’s most likely to do with
the chocolate prints not coming in shades of blue or red (now that’d be some
odd chocolate indeed). However, when I saw these adorable Milky Way Magic Stars
charms on eBay I simply could not resist: I had to get them and make something
out of them.

13 May 2016

I realise that so far the two Lolita
enrichment posts weren’t about things that are accessible to everyone – those unable
to read Japanese would only be able to look at photos. But this time I’m going
to talk about a newly-released film. With Maryl Streep, Hugh Grant and Simon
Helberg, so you know that even if you’re first language isn’t English, you can
count on it coming your way with subtitles.

6 May 2016

All right, it wasn’t exactly on the
Bank Holiday Monday, the afternoon tea was on Sunday, but it still counts!

To celebrate I went with my Mum for
an afternoon tea at what is probably the fanciest hotel in Bradford, the Great
Victoria Hotel. Even though the weather was on the grey side, the day was brightened
up by this gorgeous JSK from Haenuli, which I wore properly for the first time.

I was so excited to wear this I wore
it all day. It is one of the most adorable prints and I wanted to keep it the
focus of the coord, which is why the accessories are minimal. In fact, I didn’t
even have anything in my hair until the last minute before leaving, when I
managed to improvise and create this little bow using the waist ribbon from the
JSK, a hairband, an alligator clip and one of my Mum’s lovely brooches. I want
to try making more hair accessories using this little method, but that’s for
later. This is also the first time I wore a full wig with Lolita – I usually
try to create something out of my own hair, but in case I bumped into someone,
especially a student of mine, I’d rather not be recognised. In the end we didn’t
bump into anyone we knew, but at least the wig looked cute with that JSK.

We had a very lovely afternoon tea,
I was glad to introduce my Mum to this very British concept. For a Victorian
building the inside of the hotel was decorated more modern, but it still felt
fancy. Oh, and the cakes! The sandwiches were alright too, but those cakes,
every single one of them, were absolutely gorgeous. Once I get round to
organising a meet for my comm, I will keep that place in mind, the staff seemed
pretty alright with me being in Lolita, even if it was just Mum and me, and one
other couple for most of the time we spent there.

2 May 2016

It’s been a while since the beginning of the year Lolidrobe Reassessment Post, but I did warn that they won’t be a regular thing. Having said that, many things and changes have happened during this time, which in turn makes the post all the more worthwhile. So let’s get right to it!

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Cupcake Kamisama – 25-year-old Capricorn, Polish-born, UK-based and in love with Japanese fashion (predominantly Lolita). I enjoy a good bargain, OTT Sweet, cats and baking, and when in Japan I’m a self-confessed purikura addict. When I don’t blog, I work in the education sector, overseeing international exchange programs, write articles for Wunderwelt Libre and sometimes I get to do some exciting freelance translations on the side.

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